“i had to do it myself first”
DESCRIPTION
“I had to do it myself first”. HYPNOSIS. The hypnotic experience is characterized by an ability to sustain a state of attentive, receptive, intense focal concentration with diminished peripheral awareness in response to a signal. (Spiegel) What does that feel like?. EXPERIENCE. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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“I had to do it myself first”
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HYPNOSIS
• The hypnotic experience is characterized by an ability to sustain a state of attentive, receptive, intense focal concentration with diminished peripheral awareness in response to a signal. (Spiegel)
• What does that feel like?
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EXPERIENCE
• Bringing all your attention to the toes on your right foot.
• Allow all your awareness to rest on your toes wriggling up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down.
• And noticing your breath rise and fall, rise and fall, rise and fall.
• What do you notice?
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THREE MAIN COMPONENTS
• ABSORPTION deeply engrossed in experience
• DISSOCIATION not here, instead there
• SUGGESTIBILITY open, receptive and
responsive
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PURPOSE OF PRACTICING SELF-HYPNOSIS
• DEVELOPING SENSE OF MASTERY
• HOLY COW!! THIS STUFF WORKS!!!
• And I can teach it others!
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• ANXIETY REDUCTION
• MINDBODY CALMING, QUIETING
• LIKE FLOATING
• AROUSAL REDUCED
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• PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT
• Mind Body experiencing the felt sense of knowing the skill of desired outcome, eg. public speaking, sports, test taking
• Focused, relaxed absorption confidently connected to inner, intuitive place of knowing
• Releasing the natural inner CREATIVITY
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• PAIN MANAGEMENT
• Mind chatter quieted
• Selective coping strategy without the “extra” eg. distraction; displacement; mindfulness
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• - REHEARSAL IN FANTASY
• Vividly seeing, feeling, tasting, touching, hearing, desired outcome in heightened state of alert relaxation, again and again and again
• Wide application eg. performance, interpersonal relating, intrapersonal relating, phobia elimination, habit elimination
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HOW DO YOU GET TO CARNEGIE HALL?PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE
• Taking responsibility for the treatment outcome. “YES, I want to change.”
• Re: In the psychotherapy of trauma and attachment disorders, the practice of self-hypnosis strengthens the connection between patient and therapist, supporting stabilization and opening to change
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PERSONAL USES
• Utilizing soothing imagery during dental and medical procedures
• Distraction eg. during an MRI
• Intensify focus in performance, by eg.”bearing down on the gas pedal”, challenging circumstances eg strenuous hike
• Flow states;in psychotherapy, deeply attuned and resonating
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Typical clinical examples
• phobias eg. fear of flying
• habit changes eg. smoking cessation, nailbiting, overeating
• affect regulation techniques eg. affect dial to dial up or down the intensity of affect
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Clinical examples
• containment strategies for traumatic, intrusive material; closed fist technique soothing imagery and objects, music
• parts work eg. ego-state therapy, IFS
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RECORDING: THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
• Encourage frequent listening to tape. Daily practice with tape
• 20 seconds, quick induction, state change, eg. floating, exit, for ratification and master
• Chicago Paradigm Study (Fromm & Kahn) found that recordings increase the utilization of home practice
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HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE
• Generalizing positive effects of hypnosis as life skill to strengthen self-agency, self-efficacy